Jan 23, 2023 | Yolanda Ellis | 143 views
QRD U18 Weekly Report Jan. 23, 2023
The McInroy Maines U18 Quinte Red Devils hosted one game at home this past week and went on to compete in the Steve Richey Peterborough Tournament over the weekend.
Tuesday had the Devils play host on the CAA to the Kingston Gaels in regular season play. In a dominant win of 9-2 over the Gaels, the Quinte team played a strong offensive game. With a score of 2-1 for the Devils in the first, they came out determined in the next two periods to take the win. Scoring in the first were Joey Coates, unassisted and Gage Butcher, assisted by Wyatt Gregory and Beau Reade. The second saw the team add 4 goals to their lead with goals from Justin Murdoch, Carter McKee (2) and Ben Vreugdenhil. Assisting in the second were Jared Woolley(2), Coates, Trent Williams(2), Luke Jarmin and Vreugdenhil. The third would see McKee close out the game with another 2 goals for a 4 goal game and Murdoch with his second of the game. Assisting in the third were William, Coates(2), Vreugdenhil, Cooper Kellar and Jarmin. Dean Spry was between the pipes for the Devils for the win.
Tournament play started on Thursday night in Norwood as the U18s faced the Mississauga Rebels. The Devils came out strong, scoring 3 goals in the first to take a 3-0 lead to close the period. Goals came from Gregory, Woolley and McKee while the assists came from Liam Storms(2), Thomas Elkins and Trent Williams. The Rebels tucked once past Glen McInnes in net but it would be the only one as the Devils took the 3-1 victory.
Day 2 of the Tournament had the team back in Norwood for a match up with the New Liskeard Cubs. Again, the Devils came out strong in the first with 3 goals, Gregory and Coates (2), assists from Storms, Reade, McKee, Kellar and Jarmin. Coates would get his hat trick goal in the second, while Elkins would add another to the lead. Assisting in the second were Woolley, Ty McCambridge and Butcher. The third period would see Thomas Kuipers snipe 2, one unassisted and the other a set up from Keenan Wiles. Spry was in net for the 7-3 win by the Devils. Game 2 of the day had the Devils facing the London Jr. Knights that evening. The Devils were held off the scoreboard in the first and while they tied the score at 1-1 in the second with a goal from Coates, assisted by Murdoch and Deacon Ellis, it wasn't enough to claim the win as the Knights added two more to their tally in the third for a 1-3 loss for the Devils. McInnes was in net for the loss.
Tournament Day 3 had the team playing in Peterborough to fight for the spot in the quarter finals against the Halton Hurricanes. In a tight back and forth game with two of the three periods ending scoreless, it was the Devils who came out victorious with the lone goal of the game in the second from Wiles, assisted by Woolley and Vreugdenhil. Spry was in net for the shut out. Quarter finals of the tournament were set for that evening matching up the top tiered teams from the divisions. The Devils would face off with the North York Rangers. In another nail biter game, the three periods would all end scoreless and force the game into a sudden death 3 on 3, 5 minute period. It was Kuipers, assisted by Kellar and Wiles who sealed the win for the Devils and advanced them into the semis on Sunday morning.
An early morning semi finals game in Peterborough saw the Devils match up with an ETA rival in the Ajax Pickering Raiders. Once again, the Devils took a first period lead on another goal from McKee on the set up from Woolley but the Raiders tied the game up in the second. With a 1-1 game headed into the third, the game was set to go either way and while the Devils tied it up once in the period with an unassisted goal from Coates, they could not tie it up a second time and succumbed to the 3-2 loss. Spry was strong in net for the Devils for the game.
On Deck: The McInroy Maines U18s have just one game on Friday night in Whitby on the schedule as they take on the Wildcats.